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  • The UnXplained Devastating Disasters (Season 4, Episode 21)
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    TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary

The UnXplained

Devastating Disasters (Season 4, Episode 21)
TV-14
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary

In our modern world, we tend to think that technology and scientific knowledge can help protect us from almost anything, including natural disasters. But is that really true? Or are we just as vulnerable today in the face of raging fires, ...See moreIn our modern world, we tend to think that technology and scientific knowledge can help protect us from almost anything, including natural disasters. But is that really true? Or are we just as vulnerable today in the face of raging fires, violent earthquakes, and destructive hurricanes as our ancestors were in the past? Written by History.com See less
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Writers
Brian Leff (senior writer) | Jeffrey Wynne (as Jeff Wynne) | Erik Pinkston | Rob O'Brien
Composer
Robert Allen Elliott (background music)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Dec 9, 2022

Release date
Dec 9, 2022 (United States)

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14 cast members
Name Known for
William Shatner
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
Nigel Raab
Self - Professor of History, Loyola Marymount University (as Nigel Raab Ph.D.) Self - Professor of History, Loyola Marymount University (as Nigel Raab Ph.D.)   See fewer
Ben McGee
Self - Geoscientist Self - Geoscientist   See fewer
Stefan Doerr
Self - Professor of Wildfire Science, Swansea University (as Stefan Doerr Ph.D.) Self - Professor of Wildfire Science, Swansea University (as Stefan Doerr Ph.D.)   See fewer
Stephen Pyne
Self - Author, Fire: A Brief History (as Stephen Pyne Ph.D.) Self - Author, Fire: A Brief History (as Stephen Pyne Ph.D.)   See fewer
Tok Thompson
Self - Professor of Anthropology, USC (as Tok Thompson Ph.D.) Self - Professor of Anthropology, USC (as Tok Thompson Ph.D.)   See fewer
Michio Kaku
Self - Physicist, CUNY (as Michio Kaku Ph.D.) Self - Physicist, CUNY (as Michio Kaku Ph.D.)   See fewer
Shannon Heyck-Williams
Self - Senior Director: National Wildlife Federation Self - Senior Director: National Wildlife Federation   See fewer
Michael Wysession
Self - Professor of Geophysics, Washington University (as Michael Wysession Ph.D.) Self - Professor of Geophysics, Washington University (as Michael Wysession Ph.D.)   See fewer
Chris McNab
Self - Author, How to Survive Anything, Anywhere (as Chris McNab Ph.D.) Self - Author, How to Survive Anything, Anywhere (as Chris McNab Ph.D.)   See fewer
Jess Phoenix
Self - Volcanologist Self - Volcanologist   See fewer
Riley Sewell
Self - Survivor Mega-Tsunami Dec. 26, 2004 Self - Survivor Mega-Tsunami Dec. 26, 2004   See fewer
Michael McCormick
Self - Medieval History Professor, Harvard University (as Michael McCormick Ph.D.) Self - Medieval History Professor, Harvard University (as Michael McCormick Ph.D.)   See fewer
Jonathan Zawislak
Self - Hurricane Research Scientist, NOAA (as Jonathan Zawislak Ph.D.) Self - Hurricane Research Scientist, NOAA (as Jonathan Zawislak Ph.D.)   See fewer
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